http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 expects a thrilling Test series against Pakistan – Cricket News Update
English fast bowler, Stuart Broad, believes that the upcoming series between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 is going to be a thrilling one with brilliant cricket on offer for the fans.
Both the teams have reach the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE), where the first Test of the series is going to begin from January 17, 2012, in Dubai. Cricket analysts around the world believe that both the teams have equal chances of winning the series, as they
both are well established in all three departments of the game. However, England has a slight edge over Pakistan because of their strong batting line-up.
Broad, who is also the captain of the English team in the T20 format of the game, said that the UAE pitches are going to be favourable for batsmen and expressed that their bowlers will work hard to restrict Pakistani batsmen to a small total. However, he
did say that all of this won't be as easy as it sounds.
The fast bowler said, "Its going to be sort of attritional cricket. We will be going at two and half or 3 and a half runs an over, fielding for long periods and trying to bowl teams out for 300-350 but probably about 120 overs in there."
Broad, along with the spearhead of the English bowling line-up, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in India and both will be playing international cricket after a long time. However, the fast bowler claimed that he has been
practicing a lot recently and that there is no substitute to match-practice.
“Yes, for both Jimmy [Anderson] and I, our last game of cricket was that Lords One Dayer which was decent amount of time away but we had some practice which did a world of good for us, but whatever you do in the gym or in the nets doesn’t come close to 90
overs in the field,” he added.
It is going to be a massive challenge for the English bowlers to succeed in the UAE because the conditions there do not help swing bowling.
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